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• Re: T2 rear window install, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:15:51 -0700
  ...T2 rear window install, anyone? Hi to all the masters of this Great List, I am trying to install a T2 left rear window...
• Re: Van painting cost
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:42:10 -0400
  ...This included some small dents, surface rust under the window >> seals, seam rust on both rear quarter panels and right front step. I >> removed...
• Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!! Re: Rear hatch for '88 GL - whatyears fit?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:30:25 -0700
  ...No rust. > > > > > > actually ive had quite a few vans from Coastal California that had > substantial rust under the window seals from the ocean salt...
• FS: 1988 GL with Auto $3500
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:17:53 -0400
  ...Very quiet. - Has a full Krylon rattle can spray paint job in Regal Blue. - 3 month old New Windshield. - All new window & windshield seals...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 13:24:04 -0800
  ...windshield , rear hatch and the 4 side windows > > > > Wipers for the two front doors > > > > Seals for the refrigerator vent > > > > Seals for the 3 boxes...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:38:17 -0600
  ...replacing window glass seals > > I found two windows with leaky seals this summer, the rear hatch and the > sliding door windows. So I planned...
• Re: Chrome window strip trim replacing
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 23:15:44 -0600
  ...Chrome window strip trim replaceing > > > I had one of my rear windows busted out the other night. I was wondering > > about that chrome strip...
• Re: Removing reaer window
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 20:35:56 +1200
  ...window trim and carefully >pyring the seal away, or is that gonna leave me with a broken window? I removed windshields and rear windows...
• Re: [T1] A journey of sight and sound, inside the rear hubs...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 96 19:43 CST
  ...the shrouding. / / ^ ^ | | | | engine seal tin ('67s don't have firewalls, Clara? The engines are in the cargo bay? The split-window Type II must...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:47:22 -0700
  ...And retain the stock rear window and rubber window seal. Hinges at the top so it's out of the way when opened.... Rounded...
• Re: primo aircooled Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:49:24 -0600
  ...A new seal with the new engine now shows me how much cooler the rear deck ought to be. The fundamental rule of technical...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:51:05 -0700
  ...Rear Hatch Gasketage A couple years ago, my van was struck by a parked 70s bay window VW bus which had been struck by...
• Re: What is that strip?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Wood
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:05:10 -0400
  ...One thing I recall well is the hellish time the glass installers had putting the rear window in. At one point there were three...
• Updated with location: FS: 1988 GL with Auto $3500 Hickory, NC
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:45:16 -0400
  ...Very quiet. - Has a full Krylon rattle can spray paint job in Regal Blue. - 3 month old New Windshield. - All new window & windshield seals...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:20:16 -0700
  ...window to >> see if that stops the noise. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> Ralph Meyermann wrote: >> >>> I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 7 Mar 2015 09:58:59 -0500
  ...windshield , rear hatch and the 4 side windows >>> >>> >>> >>> Wipers for the two front doors >>> >>> >>> >>> Seals for the refrigerator vent >>> >>> >>> >>> Seals for the 3 boxes...
• 85 Westfalia FS
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:32:23 -0800
  ...Bilstein shocks, new custom-made springs on the rear, new seals around the windshield and both driver and passenger side windows, new rear heater...
• Re: Window trims on my '87 - YANK 'EM OUT!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:05:22 -0500
  ...I work real hard to keep my Westy all original and after installing the chrome plastic fako stuff in my rear window I see...
• Re: solid mirror frame / gasket . . side glass (middle)
  Historical mailing list - hunnam
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 14:51:27 +1000
  ...When I retro fitted the sliding windows I used the rubber seal from the original fixed panes to secure the new sliders. This means...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:03:01 -0800
  ...windshield , rear hatch and the 4 side windows > > > > Wipers for the two front doors > > > > Seals for the refrigerator vent > > > > Seals for the 3 boxes...
• Re: Slider and rear side window removal
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:16:25 -0800
  ...Slider and rear side window removal OK, I've read all the tricks - WD40, Soapy Water, Paint stickes, Remocal tools, Rope, Kicking, etc. etc...
• Re: bus depot window gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:23:04 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > i ordered bus depot's "window seal restoration kit: includes all > window seals except front door window seals. Windshield, rear...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:49:54 -0600
  ...replacing window glass seals I found two windows with leaky seals this summer, the rear hatch and the sliding door windows. So I planned...
• Re: Rear Sliding window modificaiton - Success
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:30:11 -0400
  ...Rear Sliding window modificaiton - Success At 12:02 PM 8/1/2011, Daniel O Stevens wrote... >I made this to be installed backwards to...
• Re: Vanagon Application????
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:35:38 -0600
  ...Cover the entire front and rear ends of our Vans in case of rear enders... John Rodgers wrote: > My son runs a window tinting...
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:43:15 -0400
  ...No single "skylight" location would line up > to both vehicles' rear hatch windows, necessitating separate Bus and > Vanagon versions. Without the economies of scale...
• Re: Windshield leaking/gasket replacement(long)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 09:57:49 -0500
  ...application as patching rust holes around window seals? Better alternatives? Also, does pulling rear-most side windows follow basically the same procedure? Mark Andrew...
• Re: Emergency/temporary window rubber fix
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:28:19 -0800
  ...I just replaced my > rear window seal for this reason. It was hard and dried out from being in > a > sunny climate for years...
• Re: Water in interior panel by slider
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 22:11:28 -0800
  ...This is below the passenger side rear quarter window which must be leaking around the seal? I know there is factory was sprayed down...
• Re: Van painting cost
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 01:16:59 -0500
  ...This included some small dents, surface rust >>> under the window >>> seals, seam rust on both rear quarter panels and right >>> front step. I >>> removed...
• Re: Chrome window strips removed ??
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:05:20 -0700
  ...them off when I removed the rear window on my '88 (to > repair some rust under the seal) a few years ago. No problems...
• Dometic Fridge Flame Window. Reseal with Hi Temp RTV?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 21:55:36 -0700
  ...Paint is nice on rear, no corrosion. The OEM seal at flame window leaks badly and has fallen apart. I've applied hi temp...
• Re: Fuzzy Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 15:26:34 -0400
  ...to these vents. > Yet air flows! > Is it leaking through the window seals and door handles? > Larry That's the theory, I believe. It...
• Re: FS: 1988 GL with Auto $3500
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:24:39 -0500
  ...Very quiet. > � - Has a full Krylon rattle can spray paint job in Regal Blue. > � - 3 month old New Windshield. > � - All new window & windshield seals...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:42:47 -0700
  ...Rear hatch just barely does a good job sealing. I can see that the hatch is not quite aligned perfectly and I have fiddled...
• Re: window scoop
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:36:24 -0400
  ...First I blocked off the fresh air to the right rear side by sealing the air duct at the back of the passenger side...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:57:43 +0000
  ...The sliding window replacement was very difficult, physically. You have to put the seal on the window, wrap a clothesline through the channel in...
• Re: FS: 1988 GL with Auto $3500
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:27:51 -0700
  ...Very quiet. > - Has a full Krylon rattle can spray paint job in Regal Blue. > - 3 month old New Windshield. > - All new window & windshield seals...
• Re: Window trims on my '87 - YANK 'EM OUT!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:12:04 -0400
  ...I > > > > > did > > > > > > get some of that black window caulk and put that under the > > lip of > > > the > > > > seal > > > > > > and that stopped the leaks. I...
• Re: ? Rear Plastic Vent ?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 10:30:22 -0700
  ...Re: ? Rear Plastic Vent ? > Another window question. Does anyone know if the plastic vents mounted on > the trailing ends of the rear side glass...
• SDM-East, bad dog, door panel needed.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Fri, 11 May 2007 09:57:09 -0400
  ...It was the upper window seal - completely destroyed. He also ripped the top off the passenger door panel, tore the curtains off the rear...
• RE. Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 26 May 2006 10:18:35 +1000
  ...Leaks (Rear Door? Window Seals?) > in the back, it's > the cushion that I keep finding soaked although I can't figure out > where...
• Re: drip
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 6 Aug 2006 07:51:41 -0400
  ...If you have a rear window wiper / washer, I would suggest that you inspect the rubber tube that runs between the body to the...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:10:40 -0400
  ...The handle is slightly geared towards the inside (follows the top of the window seal) but apparently it does not interfere with the opening...
• sticker alignment problems
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:15:25 -0700
  ...Not only that, the window is mounted to the rear hatch which is also convex. You will note that the top of the hatch...
• Re: secure storage?/window tint
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:22:37 -0800
  ...I paid $150 - Limo tinting on the rear hatch and back windows, and darks (legal, or course) on the front doors. Worst tint job...
• Re: front windshield seal
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 25 May 2006 17:00:12 -0600
  ...I wouldn't be > surprised to hear an older rear window seal was doing the same thing. I > finally got my windshield to quit...
• Re: drain holes for air scoops?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:47:22 +0200
  ...I guess it came in through the window sealings. No need to say how rusty it was down there... I then sold that vanagon...
• Re: Water leaking in vents at the bottom of the rear hatch when it rains
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:01:42 -0700
  ...The internal seal around the hatch is relatively new and in > one piece all the way around. The window gasket is probably original. > There...
• Re: Body Rubber
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:12:22 -0500
  ...I will concur on the stifness part though, particularly for the door seals, rear hatch seal from them would simply not work, too stiff...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 11 Aug 2013 01:43:59 -0700
  ...All the windows and seals were removed and new seals put in by the shop. Rear hatch and side slider seals replaced as well...
• New Parts Deal ( steal )
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Tue, 6 May 2003 17:11:20 EDT
  ...Seal, Window Washer bottle, Coolant bottle, Rear Heater Core, Head seal kits (2), Rt & Lt front door panels ( grey with chrome strip), Rear Panel...
• Re: Vanagon Application????
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:04:35 -0500
  ...You'd be amazed at how many times a >rock will crack a sealed beam headlight. > >Cover the entire front and rear ends of...
• Diesel Westy oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:39:14 -0800
  ...of leakage, and a few spots on the rear window. At an indicated 55mph the rear of the van gets covered in oil spots...
• Re: Part # questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:31:10 EST
  ...seal for the sliding door handle work on the early door? > Old one appears to be NLA. > 3) I know the late rear windows...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:40:57 EST
  ...Rear hatch gasket seems to be fine how could the rear d pillar windows allow water to get to the engine lid area? tree...
• Re: Van painting cost
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:08:05 -0800
  ...I'm guessing a good $1200 for a complete set of rubber seals to do all the doors and windows, pop top, rear hatch...
• Re: Van painting cost
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 09:45:26 -0700
  ...This included some small dents, surface rust >> under the window >> seals, seam rust on both rear quarter panels and right >> front step. I >> removed...
• FS: 1988 Vanagon GL Auto
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:39:30 -0400
  ...One rust through spot on bottom of rear van window (drivers side), currently sealed with RTV (hole ~ the size of a quarter), for some...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 19 Nov 2013 05:31:35 -0500
  ...a few glass installers when it comes to the left rear > side window on a Westy. Only 1 out of 3 was able to...